Senate Cloture Vote Scheduled For Tomorrow
By Greg L | 25 June 2007 | National Politics, Illegal Aliens | 2 Comments
Once again, it’s time to start melting the phones of our Virginia Senators with citizens demanding that they stop this god-awful illegal alien amnesty bill. From Joe over at NovaTownHall:
The vote on cloture on the motion to proceed will likely take place Tuesday, late morning, so today and tomorrow morning - the next 24 hours - are the prime time for working the phones and faxes.
To recap: We need to send the message to these senators that “a vote for cloture is a vote for amnesty,” so we want them to either vote NO on cloture, or simply fail to vote on Tuesday. If cloture passes, the bill will move forward and will likely pass the Senate for the reasons explained here.
Voting for cloture, and later voting against the bill (after the bill has been determined to have enough votes to pass) will offer no cover because we voters understand that any senator voting for cloture is voting for amnesty.
More information about why this is such a terrible bill can be found here and here, and here are seven things you can do right now to help kill the bill.
Click the following link for a complete listing of contact information for all the “on the fence” senators, and PLEASE start contacting them. Also, pass this information to everyone you know who is concerned about stopping this disastrous legislation before it goes any further.
Here is contact information for the senators who should be the priority for the next 24 hours. (Contact information for all U.S. senators can be found here).
Contact information for Senators Webb and Warner are as follows:
Jim Webb (D-Va.)
Hampton Roads
222 Central Park Ave.
Suite 120
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Phone: 757-518-1674
Fax: 757-518-1679
Richmond Office
507 East Franklin Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: 804-771-2221
Fax: 804-771-8313
Roanoke Office
3140 Chaparral Drive
Building C, Suite 101
Roanoke, VA 24018
Phone: 540-772-4236
Fax: 540-772-6870
Washington, D.C.
144 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-4024
Fax: 202-228-6363
John Warner (R-Va)
Washington Office
Address:
225 Russell Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Telephone:
(202) 224-2023
(202) 224-6295 FAX
Office Hours:
Monday-Friday
9:00a.m. to 6:00p.m.
Midlothian District Office
Address:
5309 Commonwealth Centre Parkway
Midlothian, Virginia 23112
Telephone:
(804) 739-0247
(804) 739-3478 FAX
Office Hours:
Monday-Friday
9:00a.m. to 5:00p.m.
Roanoke District Office
Address:
1003 First Union Bank Building
213 South Jefferson Street
Roanoke, Virginia 24011
Telephone:
(540) 857-2676
(540) 857-2800 FAX
Office Hours:
Monday-Friday
9:00a.m. to 5:00p.m.
Abingdon District Office
Address:
235 Federal Building
180 West Main Street
P.O. Box 887
Abingdon, Virginia 24210
Telephone:
(276) 628-8158
(276) 628-1036 FAX
Office Hours:
Monday-Friday
9:00a.m. to 5:00p.m.
Norfolk District Office
Address:
4900 World Trade Center
Norfolk, Virginia 23510
Telephone:
(757) 441-3079
(757) 441-6250 FAX
Office Hours:
Monday-Friday
9:00a.m. to 5:00p.m.
Contact your Senators today. God speed, and good hunting.
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Called ‘em both.
Warner’s DC office put me on hold, so after a couple of minutes I called his Richmond office and got right through.
Webb’s DC office was busy but I called back a couple minutes later.
I asked both to vote against cloiture on that “god awful illegal alien amnesty bill”.
Immigration reform is a hot button issue that has
aroused great angst and passion on all sides. My
business and political experience tell me that the
road to a resolution often begins with finding
some common ground. Besides the need to better
secure our borders, the next most obvious and
acknowledged is the adverse negative impact on
local government budgets and the need for federal
financial help to mitigate the cost of illegal/undocumented
immigration.
-New York Times last week: “The White House
noted that the positive impact tends to accrue to
the federal level, while net cost tend to be
concentrated at the state and local government level,
where education and health care are provided.”
- WaPo today: “The federal government has authority
over who comes in this country … but the people
who are responsible for helping them integrate and
acclimate are state and local governments” - Ann
Morse of the National Conference of State Legislatures.
- And I have a file folder full of more quotes on the same
issue - all I have shared with our Virginia
representatives in Washington - apparently to little
avail. The issue isn’t unknown or disputed, but
there is nothing in the current bill that helps heavily
impacted communities like Manassas.
Hopefully, you will also share this concern when you
contact our representatives.
Thank you for your help.